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Overview

Elliot M. Tucker-Drob is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a primary focus on genetics, molecular biology, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their recent papers include significant contributions to the fields of cognitive functioning, genetic associations, and neurogenetics. Notable works are:

  • Education and Cognitive Functioning Across the Life Span, 2020, Gothic.net
  • Avoiding dynastic, assortative mating, and population stratification biases in Mendelian randomization through within-family analyses, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Within-sibship genome-wide association analyses decrease bias in estimates of direct genetic effects, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Multivariate analysis of 1.5 million people identifies genetic associations with traits related to self-regulation and addiction, 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • Genetic architecture of 11 major psychiatric disorders at biobehavioral, functional genomic and molecular genetic levels of analysis, 2022, Nature Genetics

Tucker-Drob's frequent co-authors include:

  • K. Paige Harden (48 collaborations)
  • Andrew D. Grotzinger (42 collaborations)
  • Simon R. Cox (34 collaborations)
  • Travis T. Mallard (31 collaborations)
  • Ian J. Deary (31 collaborations)

Their research has been prominently published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 42 publications
  • Nature Human Behaviour (5 publications)
  • Human Brain Mapping (5 publications)
  • Nature Communications (4 publications)
  • Nature Genetics (4 publications)

Main fields of study include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with 135 publications, and Medicine with 65 publications. Their subfields of study highlight Genetics (84), Molecular Biology (51), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (38), Cognitive Neuroscience (29), and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (28).

The primary topics of their work cover:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (92 publications)
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (52 publications)
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing (50 publications)
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (46 publications)
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (36 publications)
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (30 publications)
  • Birth, Development, and Health (28 publications)

Best Publications

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Education and Cognitive Functioning Across the Life Span.

    Martin Lövdén;Martin Lövdén;Laura Fratiglioni;M Maria Glymour;Ulman Lindenberger

  • Genomic structural equation modelling provides insights into the multivariate genetic architecture of complex traits.

    Andrew D. Grotzinger;Mijke Rhemtulla;Ronald de Vlaming;Ronald de Vlaming;Stuart J. Ritchie

  • How much does education improve intelligence? A meta-analysis

    Stuart J. Ritchie;Elliot M. Tucker-Drob

  • Ageing and brain white matter structure in 3,513 UK Biobank participants.

    Simon R. Cox;Stuart J. Ritchie;Elliot M. Tucker-Drob;David C. Liewald

  • Genetic and Environmental Continuity in Personality Development: A Meta-Analysis

    Daniel A. Briley;Elliot M. Tucker-Drob

  • Individual Differences in the Development of Sensation Seeking and Impulsivity During Adolescence: Further Evidence for a Dual Systems Model

    K. Paige Harden;Elliot M. Tucker-Drob

  • Large Cross-National Differences in Gene × Socioeconomic Status Interaction on Intelligence

    Elliot M. Tucker-Drob;Timothy C. Bates

  • Avoiding dynastic, assortative mating, and population stratification biases in Mendelian randomization through within-family analyses

    Ben Brumpton;Ben Brumpton;Eleanor Sanderson;Karl Heilbron;Fernando Pires Hartwig;Fernando Pires Hartwig

  • Genetic and Environmental Influences on Cognition Across Development and Context

    Elliot M. Tucker-Drob;Daniel A. Briley;K. Paige Harden

  • Differentiation of Cognitive Abilities across the Life Span.

    Elliot M. Tucker-Drob

  • The cognitive reserve hypothesis: A longitudinal examination of age-associated declines in reasoning and processing speed.

    Elliot M. Tucker-Drob;Kathy E. Johnson;Richard N. Jones

  • Associations between vascular risk factors and brain MRI indices in UK Biobank

    Simon R Cox;Donald M Lyall;Stuart J Ritchie;Stuart J Ritchie;Mark E Bastin

  • Multivariate analysis of 1.5 million people identifies genetic associations with traits related to self-regulation and addiction.

    Richard Karlsson Linnér;Travis T Mallard;Peter B Barr;Sandra Sanchez-Roige;Sandra Sanchez-Roige

  • Investigating the genetic architecture of noncognitive skills using GWAS-by-subtraction.

    Perline A. Demange;Perline A. Demange;Margherita Malanchini;Margherita Malanchini;Margherita Malanchini;Travis T. Mallard;Pietro Biroli

  • Genetic and environmental effects on body mass index from infancy to the onset of adulthood: an individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts participating in the COllaborative project of Development of Anthropometrical measures in Twins (CODATwins) study

    Karri Silventoinen;Karri Silventoinen;Aline Jelenkovic;Aline Jelenkovic;Reijo Sund;Yoon-Mi Hur

  • Continuity of genetic and environmental influences on cognition across the life span: a meta-analysis of longitudinal twin and adoption studies.

    Elliot M. Tucker-Drob;Daniel A. Briley

  • Emergence of a Gene × Socioeconomic Status Interaction on Infant Mental Ability Between 10 Months and 2 Years

    Elliot M. Tucker-Drob;Mijke Rhemtulla;Mijke Rhemtulla;K. Paige Harden;Eric Turkheimer

  • Genetic and environmental influences on height from infancy to early adulthood: An individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts

    Aline Jelenkovic;Aline Jelenkovic;Reijo Sund;Yoon Mi Hur;Yoshie Yokoyama

  • Contextual analysis of fluid intelligence

    Timothy A. Salthouse;Jeffrey E. Pink;Elliot M. Tucker-Drob

  • Genome wide meta-analysis identifies genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

Frequent Co-Authors

K. Paige Harden
K. Paige Harden The University of Texas at Austin
Ian J. Deary
Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh
Daniel A. Briley
Daniel A. Briley University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jennifer L. Tackett
Jennifer L. Tackett Northwestern University
Catherine Tuvblad
Catherine Tuvblad Örebro University
Joanna M. Wardlaw
Joanna M. Wardlaw University of Edinburgh
Margaret Gatz
Margaret Gatz University of Southern California
Nancy L. Pedersen
Nancy L. Pedersen Karolinska Institute
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

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